Al A'la

Yusuf Ali

1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

Transliteration

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Yusuf Ali

2 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.

Transliteration

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Yusuf Ali

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).

Transliteration

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

Yusuf Ali

4 And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Transliteration

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

Yusuf Ali

5 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

Yusuf Ali

6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),

Transliteration

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

Yusuf Ali

7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

Transliteration

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Yusuf Ali

8 And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

Transliteration

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

Yusuf Ali

9 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

Transliteration

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

Yusuf Ali

10 The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),

Transliteration

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

Yusuf Ali

11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Transliteration

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

Yusuf Ali

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).

Transliteration

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

Yusuf Ali

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

Transliteration

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Yusuf Ali

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

Transliteration

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

Yusuf Ali

15 And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).

Transliteration

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

Yusuf Ali

16 Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Transliteration

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

Yusuf Ali

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Transliteration

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

Yusuf Ali

18 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Transliteration

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Yusuf Ali

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).

Transliteration

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa